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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1942
Page
2
North Carolina sees gradually rising temperatures tonight. South Carolina reports a slow temperature rise in the northern areas and near the coast. Georgia notes a warming trend in the southeast and far north portion tonight.
Allied forces report heavy Japanese damage in Malaya with ships and small craft attacked around Malacca and Gemas Tampin area while malaria weakens troops. Amboina air base bombed as Japanese advances press on in the Dutch East Indies. British resistance in Malaya shows some fruit as Japanese prisoners arrive in Calcutta. Chinese troops assist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Burma as Australian volunteers bolster defense north of Singapore. Contact with Japanese forces reaches Myitta in Burma near 12 miles from the frontier 135 miles from Bangkok.
A revival is underway at St Johns Pentecostal Holiness Church located at 719 Fairview Street. Elder Lewis from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is preaching. Services are held at 8 PM on weekdays and 11 AM on Sundays.
During a blackout in Honolulu diners face unique challenges as eateries advise patrons on etiquette. Restaurants remind guests to smell the salt before using pepper and note how a sneeze can be pepper related, reflecting wartime rationing and scarcity influences on daily life.
The war front tightens as Japan presses from Burma toward the Gulf of Martaban and Bay of Bengal. Japanese landings and air assaults strike along the course of the Netherlands East Indies perimeter, while northern Singapore faces a renewed threat. The article tracks ongoing movements and strategic pressure across these regions.
Carole Lombard traveled from Indianapolis with Mrs Elizabeth Peters and Otto Winkler to boost defense bond sales. Gable chaired the stars committee aiding bond drives. Lombard sold 2.5 million in one day. A plane crash killed Lombard while Captain Wayne Williams piloted. TWA later conducted transport to Las Vegas as investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board examined the crash after favorable weather and visibility.
An early report from Los Angeles states that a TWA airliner crashed near Las Vegas last night. The captain was Wayne Williams and the co pilot Morgan A. Ginette. home addresses for the injured or deceased were not released.
Philip Kee and five Brooklyn neighbors stood before Magistrate Abner C. Surpless for not clearing snow from their sidewalks. The magistrate praised Allied aid from China and suspended sentences for all six defendants.
An insurance inspector visits Atchison Kansas after an employee loses the end of a finger in flour mill machinery. Boss George Bedinger demonstrates the cause, replying he had the same accident twice, illustrating the danger.
Thom H. Keene, once a cub reporter, now editor of the Elkhart Truth, facing wartime auto pinch, has purchased three bicycles with extra tires for staff use. The move reflects broader transport constraints during wartime.
John E. F. Wing, a retired Fort Wayne architect, wrote Mayor Harry W. Baals requesting a civilian defense job. He stated his readiness to serve and boasted he could still hit a thousand yards, as the mayor added him to an honorary defense volunteers list.
In Portland a man entered a hotel lobby and offered to sell Don Russell an overcoat. Russell shouted that the coat was his and the thief fled. The coat had been stolen from Russell’s car parked in front of the hotel.
Alice Getz hostess Carale Lombard and Mrs Elizabeth K Peters among guests in Hollywood. include M G M publicity man Otto Winkler Lois Tramilton and a list of military personnel with ranks from Second Lieutenant to Staff Sergeant, names such as Hal Browne James Barham Swenson and Nygren among others.
In Raleigh, a sesquicentennial celebration for the state capitol faces a split view as Governor Broughton weighs whether to proceed next April. A $20,000 budget, national defense links, and a fear of a failed show shape the debate among city and state leaders amid a wartime backdrop.
Arriba labels the Fernando Poo incident a “cowardly outrage” and warns that if any further attack cannot be avoided then non belligerent Spain may demand reparations. He pledges to defend Spain’s rights and obligations with force if necessary and vows to end meddling by aggressors.
Warren Haris was knocked down by a high-ton tractor in Missoula Montana. He counted two leg bruises among his injuries and stood up after the incident.
An appeal urges readers to support the war effort by buying Defense Bonds through banks post offices and savings and loan associations. It emphasizes funding for planes ships and guns and calls for regular contributions starting immediately.
Final stacks of New York stocks reported for January 7 show mixed closes amid trading activity. Key indices and several leading issues faced gains and losses, with institutional traders closely watching market moves and economic cues.
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